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Heptathlon
The heptathlon is the women's version of the decathlon. It replaced the women's pentathlon in 1984. It consists of two series of events: (day 1) 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put; (day 2) 200 m, long jump, javelin, 800 m.
The event was added to the Olympic programme - as pentathlon - at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and - as heptathlon - at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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